Women in tech We run a regular get together of innovation and improvement types called BaraBrithCamp. Normally this takes place in Cardiff but we are keen to take it on the road. So we were delighted to be invited to Tech Hub in Swansea. We asked Alice Gray and Stewart Powell to share their thoughts […]
What did you do on the weekend? On Saturday around 100 people committed to improving public services gathered in the Pierhead Building in Cardiff Bay. They were there for GovCampCymru: an unconference that we’re very proud to be part of organising. What’s an unconference? Unconferences are open space events built on the idea that people […]
One of the subjects that came up a lot at Housing Camp Cymru in the summer was user-centred design. The social housing sector is committed to involving customers in decision making, and in putting tenants at the heart of organisations. Even so it seems that organisations can struggle to turn rhetoric into reality. We’ve worked […]
Here at the Satori Lab we believe that public value can be unlocked and created through open platforms for collaboration. This is why we invest a lot of our time and resources supporting these kinds of platforms and you will often find us attending various camps on weekends. In Wales we already organise GovCampCymru and […]
Ben Proctor is one of our associates. He ran a session at HousingCampCymru and then posted a quick summary. We’ve cross posted that here, because we really liked it and thought you would too. Cool mapping things for real people I was at Housing Camp Cymru last weekend. It was great. I pitched a bring […]
Our very own Esko ran a session on Open Data at Digital 2016 in Newport this week. He introduced ODI-Cardiff: the community open data node hosted by the Satori Lab. Here are the slides he used. We are trying to map the Open Data ecosystem in (and around) Wales. We’d really appreciate 30 seconds of […]
The Delight Conference, run by Connective DX in Portland, is billed as a unique two day gathering of designers, technologists and businesses that care about creating experiences people lovePart 3 of 3Having had a few of weeks to reflect since attending the Delight Conference, what has bubbled to the top – what’s still resonating?There are […]
The Delight Conference, run by Connective DX in Portland, is billed as a unique two day gathering of designers, technologists and businesses that care about creating experiences people lovePart 2 of 3Having had a few of weeks to reflect since attending the Delight Conference, what has bubbled to the top – what’s still resonating?There are […]
The Delight Conference, run by Connective DX in Portland, is billed as a unique two day gathering of designers, technologists and businesses that care about creating experiences people lovePart 1 of 3Having had a few of weeks to reflect since attending the Delight Conference, what has bubbled to the top – what’s still resonating?There are […]
Seeing your service through the eyes of your tenants can provide surprising insights and cost saving opportunities. Satori Lab applied user centred design tools with Monmouthshire Housing Association and were rewarded with a wealth of insights. Many services are designed from the perspective of the organisation with only cursory consideration given to how this might look and feel […]